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NSW Police say a transnational organised crime network operating throughout Sydney’s south-west and the Illawarra has been “successfully disrupted” after an 11-month operation.
The operation began in December 2023 and led to the arrest of 19 people and the seizure of more than $80 million worth of cannabis.
State Crime Command Drug and Firearm Squad director Detective Superintendent John Watson revealed details about Strike Force Heradale in Parramatta today.
“We have successfully disrupted a transnational organised crime syndicate operating within NSW — there is no question in our minds that they were well organised they were well financed,” he said.
“They were bringing in talent from overseas, Vietnam … with the sole purpose [to] cultivate cannabis but, more importantly, for profit.
“This has been a huge strike for law enforcement.”
Raids across Sydney and Illawarra
Police said the investigation targeted the large-scale cultivation of cannabis by a criminal syndicate that had established multiple sophisticated hydroponic farms.
A large shed found by NSW Police at Kemps Creek. (Supplied: NSW Police)
The syndicate was allegedly responsible for the production, packaging and distribution of cannabis on an industrial scale.
The first arrests happened in April this year, after police executed a search warrant at a property in Kemps Creek in Western Sydney, where they discovered over 4,400 cannabis plants in 16 purpose-built greenhouses.
Three people were arrested at the scene.
A large shed in Shellharbour full of stacks of cannabis drying trays. (Supplied: NSW Police)
In May, police raided a property at Calderwood in Shellharbour, where 366 kilograms of harvested cannabis were seized.
Ten people, including six men and four women, were arrested.
A raid on another property at Bringelly in Greater Western Sydney in June uncovered 6,500 cannabis plants.
While no arrests were made at the time, officers returned to the same property in October. Police alleged the syndicate had re-established the cultivation of cannabis, and 7,472 plants with a street value of $22 million were seized.
One man was arrested while allegedly tending to the plants.
During another raid at a property in Rossmore in Western Sydney in September, police seized 4,000 plants and arrested three men.
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